Nova's new ninja outfit:
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*At the Destiny's Bounty, the ninja are training Lloyd and Nova.*
"Your new bodies is a fighting instrument. Listen to it." said Wu.
*The session begins with everyone attacking Lloyd and Nova and they both dodging each one, all while their eyes are closed. But when Lloyd and Nova dodges Zane's shurikens, they end up hitting the watermelon Nya is carrying in. She shoots a glare at Zane, who gasps.*
"Since they have grown, they are learning faster, Sensei." said Nya.
"But will it be enough to challenge Lord Garmadon? Only time will tell." said Wu as Kai draws his sword and although Lloyd blocks it, he doesn't stop the attack and falls.
Nova, on the other hand, dodges Jay's nunchucks while walking backwards, but fails to dodge Cole's scythe attack by her feet, causing her to fall too.
"Hahaha, you're getting pretty good, but that move you fell for was basic 101." said Kai as he helped Lloyd back up.
"Yeah, if I had focused more when I was little, I would've seen that coming." said Lloyd.
"We cannot change the past, but we can improve for the future. Again, and this time, do not hold back." said Wu.
"Nice try shrimp, but you need to keep your eyes out for anything. Had you not forgotten about me and my weapon, you wouldn't have fall." said Cole.
Nova rolled her eyes, getting back up. "Yeah, yeah, I hear you. But I thought you guys stopped calling me shrimp after I got older." She said.
"Ha! You might be older, but you are the shortest person here." said Kai only to quickly dodge a knife being thrown at him.
"Another word out of your mouth, porcupine and I will not miss a second time." Nova glared at him.
"Lloyd, your girlfriend is a lot more scary now grown up." said Kai.
"She isn't my girlfriend!"
"I'm not his girlfriend!"
They both looked at each other and started blushing as they looked away from each other.
The ninja simply looked at them, not believing it. "....Bruh."
*The Falcon squawks as it returns to the Bounty.*
"The Falcon has returned with troubling news. What did you see, my mechanical-feathered friend?" Zane asked.
"The Lost City of Ouroboros!" said Nya.
"Garmadon has returned to the Serpentine home base, but why?" said Kai.
"Looks like they're preparing for a final battle." said Cole.
"Nya, change course. We'll head straight for them." said Wu.
*They suit up and get there at night.*
"More firepower! When we attack the ninja, they won't see it coming. Our forces will be so strong, Ninjago will be mine!" shouted Garmadon while Fang-Suei uses a blowtorch on his Mega Weapon, making him pull it away. "Aargh!"
"Ninja, go!"
"Oh, brother!" said Garmadon.
"It's time we finished this." said Wu.
"Ugh!"
"Bring it on, fools!" said Garmadon.
*Lloyd jumps in and freezes his Mega Weapon.*
"Aargh! Lloyd? Is that you?" said Garmadon, surprised.
"Yeah. I've grown a little since the last time you saw me, Dad." said Lloyd.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" shouted Nova, joining into the fight too.
"Nova too? You've grown, I can see, but at the same time, still looks short." said Garmadon.
"Seriously! Again with my height!" Nova complained.
"Stop him!" Garmadon runs away into a chamber and breaks the ice. "Blast these ninja! If only they weren't around. If only they never existed! Ugh! Yes. Yes, that's it! I wish I could go back in time, and make it, so the ninja were never formed in the first place!" The weapon makes a time portal. "Now, to finish the ninja once and for all so that my son never becomes the Green Ninja!" He jumps in, but doesn't see the ninja entering the chamber.
"He used the Mega Weapon again!" said Cole.
"Oh, swell. Every time he uses that thing, something really bad happens. Now what?" said Zane.
*The ground starts to rumble and turn into sand.*
"What's going on?" asked Kai.
"Is the city sinking?" Jay asked.
"Worse. The city's returning back into the desert, as if it had never been found in the first place." said Zane.
"Uh, what? What does that mean?" asked Kai.
"What's happening?" Nya asked.
"Garmadon's gone back in time to make it, so Lloyd never turns into the Green Ninja." said Nova.
"I can't...I can't feel my hands." said Lloyd as he was slowly fading.
"Uh. Ugh. We have to go in!" said Kai.
"If he changes anything, he changes everything! Protect the future, ninja!" said Wu.
"I'm coming too!" said Nova.
*The ninja and Nova jump into the portal, and lands in a mud puddle in Ignacia Village.*
"Whoa!"
"Ugh."
"Remind me to pack a helmet next time we time travel." said Jay.
"Same here." said Nova.
"Where are we?" Cole asked.
"You mean when are we?" Zane and Nova said in unison.
"Looks like that is still happening." said Jay as Nova sometimes just knew what they were gonna say, and would end up saying it the same time as that other person.
"Four Weapons. Ha! My parents' shop. Nya and I used to work there. Hey, wait a minute, this is the day Garmadon ordered the Skeletons to take my sister. We need to warn them!" said Kai.
"Whoa, whoa! You heard what Sensei said: we change anything, we change everything." said Cole.
"Yeah, I was confused by that too." said Jay.
"Hmmm, maybe I could try and steal something here at a later date. Since they are never here anyway." Nova thought.
"What he means is, our world is the result of past events that have already happened. If for whatever reason, events in our past fail to happen, then the future could radically change." said Zane.
"Uh, so what you're saying is we gotta stop Garmadon from changing anything? But of all the times, why did we land here?" said Jay.
"Cause this is where it all started. The day I met Sensei Wu for the first time and I began my training as a ninja. Somehow, Garmadon is gonna try to prevent that, but how?" said Kai.
Cole sighs. "If only Sensei were here to guide us."
Nova sees Past Wu walking. "Oh, look, there he is! Maybe he can!"
"We gotta tell him what Garmadon has done." said Jay.
"But we can't let the old Kai and Nya see that we talked to him, or else it will affect the future." said Zane.
"Hmm. I know exactly what to do." said Kai as they climb the stairs, Past Kai is on the final words of his first conversation with Wu.
"And the shop is called "Four Weapons," not "For Browsing." Either buy something or go pedal your insults somewhere else." said Past Kai.
"Ha! Too bad. Thought I'd find something special here." said Past Wu, walking away.
Kai covers Past Wu's mouth. "Sensei, we need your help!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. If we're trying to stop Garmadon from changing anything, wouldn't talking to Sensei kind of be like altering the past, thus changing our future?" said Jay.
"That would be correct. I believe a big "uh-oh" is in order." said Zane.
"Uh?"
"It's already too late, guys, so shut the fuck up." said Nova.
"Language!" said Past Wu, bonking Nova's head with his staff.
"English! Also, ow!" said Nova, rubbing her head.
"Well, we can't undo what we've already, done and Nova, please just shut up. Sensei, we really need your help." said Kai.
"All five of you.... You...you..." said Past Wu.
"Traveled back in time to warn you of impending doom?" said Cole.
"Yeah, but we don't have time to explain. Can you help us?" said Kai.
"I don't understand, but I can try." said Past Wu.
"Okay. Any moment now, the Skeletons are going to attack, and we think Garmadon may try to hurt me—I mean the past me." Kai explained.
"Garmadon?" questioned Past Wu.
"We have to do everything in our power to protect my past self." said Kai.
*The Skulkin arrive, but Kai stopped Past Wu from interfering.*
"Oh, oh! Let me go first! Please, oh, please? I'm dying to go down there." said Past Nuckal."You nitwit, you're already dead." said Past Kruncha.
Garmadon putting on a Skeleton mask. Simultaneously. "Why did I ever trust these numbskulls?"
"Attack! Boo!" said Past Samukai.
*The Ignacia citizens run away.*
"What are they?" Nya asked.
"I don't know. Stay here." Past Kai grunts as he fights a few Skeletons.
"Well, can we help or not?" questioned Kai.
"Don't look at me. I'm wise, but not that wise." said Wu.
Nova tried to hold back a giggle when he said that.
"Uh, technically, since the past has already been altered, I don't see why we can't fight a few Skeletons. Just as long as your former self never sees you." said Zane.
"Ha, you made my day, Zane." said Cole.
"I miss beating these guys up." Jay grunts. "Ninja, go! Haha."
"Oooh, this is gonna be fun." said Nova, smiling as she joined Jay in the fight.
"Watch for when Samukai throws his daggers. And don't forget to save me." Kai explained.
"Huh?"
"Uh, it'll make sense when it happens." said Kai.
Past Kai sees Nya join him. "I thought I told you to stay back."
"And what? Let you have all the fun?" said Past Nya.
"Oops." said Past Kai as Samukai uses his four daggers against Kai's one. "Ugh!"
"Sensei!" said Kai.
"I'm on it. Ninja, go!" Wu uses Spinjitzu on Samukai.
"Sensei Wu, your Spinjitzu looks rusty." said Past Samukai.
"Nothing like bone to sharpen its edge, Samukai." said Past Wu.
"Damn that burn." Nova whispered.
"Hehehe, aargh!" Past Samukai throws his daggers at a nearby water tower, making it collapse toward Past Kai's direction.
"Oh, no." said Past Kai.
"Ninja, go!" Wu saves Past Kai.
"Lord Garmadon says take the girl." said Past Samukai.
*Garmadon knocks out Past Kruncha and misses on purpose.*
"Uh, aargh."
"Fools, you missed! Retreat!" shouted Past Samukai.
"Huh?" Past Nuckal sees two Kais.
"What is it?" asked Past Kruncha.
"Uh, nothing." said Past Nuckal.
*In the present, Wu is viewing Ninjago City covered in smoke. In a picture of the ninja, Lloyd disappears along with Nova.*
"Oh, my goodness." said Wu.
*In the past, Past Kai and Nya embrace.*
"Oh, this isn't good." said Kai.
"Why? We saved you and your sister." said Past Wu.
"No, the Skeletons were supposed to get away with Nya. Ah. The only reason you convinced me to become a ninja in the first place was to get her back." said Kai.
"Oh, I see." said Past Wu.
"Sensei, no matter what, you need to convince Kai to go with you." said Zane.
"Why?" questioned Jay.
"Because if Kai doesn't become a ninja, the world as we know it won't exist. The four of us will never unite. We'll never train Lloyd to become the Green Ninja, Nya will never fall head-over-heels for Jay. And Nova and Lloyd will never meet and fall in love with each other." Zane explained.
"I'm sorry, WHAT!?" said Nova as she started blushing.
Jay gasps. "NO MATTER WHAT, YOU NEED TO CONVINCE HIM TO GO WITH YOU!!"
"Uh..." Past Wu signals them to hide.
"Thank you for your help. If it wasn't for your Twistitzu or your Tornadzu, my sister might have been taken." said Past Kai.
"Spinjitzu. Uh, come, we must train. You must become a ninja." said Past Wu.
"Hahaha. Sorry, but I got a blacksmith shop to help get back on its feet, so I—" said Past Kai but was cut off.
"No. You must come! It is very important that you become a ninja. Because, uh...we must harness the fire within you!" said Past Wu.
"Hold on, Kai. Maybe there's a reason this man came into our lives. always said the world works in mysterious ways. I think it sounds kind of exciting." said Past Nya.
"Ha. Okay, if you wanna become a ninja, fine by me. But I'm only going 'cause you want to." said Past Kai.
"Oh, great. He's going. We saved the future!" said Jay.
"Not yet motor-mouth." said Nova.
"Not so fast. We still have to make sure he becomes a ninja in order for everything to get back on track." said Zane.
*The ninja follow them. To the Monastery, Nya has started training, but Kai isn't interested.*
"You must harness the fire deep within you, Kai." said Past Wu.
Past Kai gets hit by a punching bag. "Ow! Ah. Yeah, yeah, yeah."
"Ugh, this is too hard to watch." said Nova.
"Oh, I'm worthless." said Kai.
"It's like you don't even want to be a ninja." said Jay.
"Look, I told you: The only reason I became a ninja was to rescue my sister." said Kai.
"If Kai doesn't learn to be a ninja, our future will be destroyed." said Zane.
"Ugh. Even when Garmadon does something good, it's always evil! Sensei ain't cutting the mustard. Guess it's up to us to get things back on track." said Cole.
"I thought you said not to get involved. "Change anything, change everything." " said Jay.
"That was before Garmadon altered the past and changed the future. Now we gotta clean up the mess." said Cole.
"He's right. The only way to save our future is for Kai to find his fire." said Zane.
"But, what are you trying to say, Zane?" Jay asked.
" I'm saying we have to give Kai his motivation back. We have to—" Zane explained, but Nova cut him off mid sentence.
"We have to kidnap Nya and deliver her into the hands of the Skeleton." Nova rubbed her hands together with a smirk as she couldn't wait for night time.
The ninja looked at her a little concerned.
Kay sighs. "If that's what it takes. Okay, but if it's alright with you guys, I've got an idea on how I could talk some sense into myself."
*At night, the ninja, except Kai, sneak into Nya's room. After they approach her bed, they stop.*
"Time to play our parts." Cole hands them Skeleton masks.
"We'll have to act quickly while Kai is keeping himself busy." said Zane.
"Nova, please try and hold back your swearing, we need to act like those skeleton guys." said Jay.
Nova rolled her eyes, putting on her skeleton mask. "Fine, I'll try and keep it below PG." She said with a sigh.
*A few minutes later, they now have Nya.*
Nya now in a bag. "Unhand me, Skeletons!"
"Oh, I'm sor—argh!" said Jay but got elbowed in the stomach by Nova.
"Stop, I know what you were gonna say, and it's not gonna help. Don't ask me how I know, I just do, as I'll been living with you guys for a good while." Nova whispered to him.
"Oh, when my brother finds out about this, you'll be sorry!" said Nya.
"Actually, he'll be quite relieved." said Cole.
Zane spotting their past selves. "Huh, guys, we've got company."
"Uh, isn't that, uh, us?" said Jay.
"Better lower our masks so they don't recognize us." said Cole before Jay fights his past self. "Let's not hurt ourselves, boys." Zane puts away his weapons. "I'd hate to leave a mark."
"I wouldn't mind leaving a mark." said Nova.
"Kai, help!" shouted Nya.
"Huh, Nya!" said Past Kai.
"Help!" Nya shouted as Past Kai runs to find her.
"Hey, I wasn't done talking to you. You can't leave." said Kai.
"Why not? You're just my reflection!" said Past Kai before present Kai hits him hard, knocking him unconscious.
"Sorry, but I can't have you spoiling our plans." Kai goes out and helps the ninja.
"Oh, why does time travel have to be so complicated?" complained Jay.
*The sack that has Nya falls, but only to be caught by Present Kai. The Red Ninja then goes to the rooftop*
"Guys, uh" Kai deepens his voice. "let's get out of here."
"They took Nya!" shouted Past Wu.
Past Kai now awake. "Huh? They took my sister? NOOOOOO!!!!!!"
*In the present, Nova and Lloyd's picture comes back. Wu sighs of relief.*
"We'll get your sister back. But first, I want you to meet your team." said Past Wu as the past ninja unmask themselves.
"Looks like the fire returned." said Kai.
"All we gotta do to get everything back on track is to deliver Nya to the Skeletons." said Cole.
*The Skulkin have set up camp. Past Samukai hits Past Kruncha.*
"Hey!"
"This is no time to celebrate, we didn't get the girl. How would you like to go back to the Underworld to tell Lord Garmadon that we failed?" said Past Samukai.
Past Kruncha walking away and mocking him. " "How would you tell Lord Garmadon that we failed?" Mimimimi!" Nya screams as she is being dropped. "Huh?" He checks inside the bag to see Nya struggling. "Uh, Samukai? How would you like to go back to the Underworld to tell him we succeeded?"
*In the past, the Past ninja sleeps while the Present ninja and Past Wu watches.*
"Ugh, why are we still here? I thought everything is back on track." said Jay.
"Yeah, but we have to stay and make sure all goes as planned." said Cole and Nova in unison.
"Would you please stop that. It's becoming more creepy whenever you do it." said Jay.
Nova shrugs. "Sorry, I can't help it."
"So, what exactly happens next?" Past Wu asked.
"Our former selves have most of the Golden Weapons. Shadow Garmadon now should have my sister. And in about one minute, I get woken up and tricked into taking the Sword of Fire that will eventually unleash the greatest nemesis unto Ninjago." Kai explained.
"Nya, wait up!" shouted Past Kai.
*They run to the Fire Temple.*
"Ah. This is when I steal the Fire Sword and cut my sister down. Then I get attacked by my own shadow." said Kai.
Nova looked down at her hands. "I do have powers to control the shadows, so I should be able to fight Garmadon's shadow."
*Past Nya, on a chain over lava, gets lowered.*
"Aah!"
"Nya!" shouted Past Kai.
"Tick tock, tick tock." said Past Garmadon.
"Ninja, go!" Past Kai grabs the Sword and cuts Nya down. Past Garmadon laughs.
"Stay close." said Past Kai.
"Trust me. I'm not going anywhere." said Past Nya.
"You can't hurt us! You're only a shadow!" said Past Kai.
"This time, I'm actually much more!" said Past Garmadon.
"Wait, he never said that before. Something's different." said Kai.
*Meanwhile, Nova and Jay went to get the golden weapons.*
"Over there, we both grab two weapons each." said Jay.
"Okay." said Nova, running over with him and started grabbing the weapons.
But when Nova grabbed them with her right hand, a raging pain shot through her, causing her to drop them and started screaming in pain.
"Nova! What's wrong!?" Jay asked, running over to her and see what was wrong.
Nova was holding on to her right arm trying to bite down her painful scream, as tears was threatening to come out of her eyes.
She looked over at Jay while breathing heavily. "I-I-I'm fine, just c-cut myself." She said with a weak smile.
"Didn't sound like that to me. Are you sure it wasn't something else?" Jay questioned.
"Jay! We don't have time for this, we need to get these weapons back to the others!" Nova shouted through the pain.
Jay was looking at her very worried before giving a small nod and grabbing half of the weapons.
Nova took a deep breath, knowing this was gonna hurt like hell, but she needed to hold it in. At least for a few more minutes.
She picked up the other two weapons again, already feeling the burning pain in her right arm growing and screaming, but she had to hold it in as she and Jay quickly ran back to the others.
*They arrive just in time when the others seems to be losing.*
"But nothing can destroy the Mega Weapon. Only a weapon of equal power has any chance of stopping it." said Cole.
"Haha, like maybe the weapons forged to create it in the first place?" said Jay as he and Nova reveals to them that they brought the Golden Weapons.
"No!"
"The Golden Weapons!" said Cole.
"Yeah, we thought these might come in handy." said Jay as they gave the rest their weapons.
Nova stood to the side, holding her right arm while doing everything in her power to bite back a scream of pure pain.
"Okay, no time to find out how you got these. We have to destroy the Mega Weapon once and for all. Fire!" said Kai.
"Lightning!"
"Earth!"
"Ice!"
"No! What are you doing?" shouted Garmadon.
"Ninja, go!" shouted Past Wu as the Weapon gets shot into space. Nya slowly fades away.
"Nya! What's happening!?" Past Kai and Past Wu disappear as well. The ninja are sent back to the present.
*Back at the present.*
Nova woke up in her bed, and it only took a minute until the burning pain returned to her right arm.
She grabbed her pillow and started screaming at full volume into it, just so the others wouldn't hear her.
The pain lasted a good five minutes or so until it finally began to go away.
Nova was breathing heavily while pulling away her pillow, but it wasn't long until she heard footsteps running towards her room and soon enough, the door slammed open to show the ninja and Lloyd looking at her very worried.
"Ummm, what's happening?" Nova asked.
"Jay said that you were in pain and screaming when you were last with him." said Lloyd, coming over to her.
Nova looked over at Jay confused. "Me, in pain and screaming? I think Jay might have taken a few lightning streaks too much. Because, as you can see, I'm completely fine." She said.
Slowly getting up from her bed to show that nothing was wrong, while having her arms behind her back. "Now, can you guys please get out of my room. Before I start doing target practice on you." She said in a cold tone as she was glaring at them.
It took them a good minute until they finally noticed that she was in her pajamas, and so they all quickly ran out of the room, knowing she wasn't kidding with that threat.
Nova let out a heavy sigh after they left before finally taking a look at her arm, and to her horror, the corruption had now reached just up to elbow. "....Fuck, those weapons actually increased the corruption the moment they touched the skin of my arm."
"Looks like I need to get myself some longer gloves." Nova said, before grabbing some bandages and wrapping them around both of her arms, just so the others wouldn't ask questions about why only one of them had bandages and if she was hurt.